He didn't know it right away. But he knew he had heard it only when he was off the planet. So it had to be someone from Spacecity. But what was a past Spacecity alumni doing here working at a Starbucks?

Also he couldn't point to exactly who she was right away. He kept trying to study her face without it looking like he was studying her face. She didn't know who he was yet. She couldn't assume that he could have known her.

He didn't want to speak, scared that she would have the same feeling and begin studying him, trying to remember who he was.

Instead he gave a nod and accepted the mocha. She told him the price and he smiled and kept his head down. The tap to pay went through and he gave her a nod and walked over to the edge of the other side of the counter. There his mind continued to race, trying to remember which one of the girls from Spacecity she had been.

The machines continued to hiss. Baristas screamed out names for orders. Pete's mind kept spinning.